West Side Story: Broadway & Beyond by Mills Publishing Inc.

CAROUSEL (A DANCE), ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS, AFTER THE RAIN Pas de Deux, and WEST SIDE STORY SUITE

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THE COMPANY

Adam Sklute ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

Michael Scolamiero EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

PRINCIPALS

Emily Adams, Katlyn Addison, Hadriel Diniz, Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, Jenna Rae Herrera, David Huffmire, Amy Potter, Jordan Veit SOLOISTS

Dominic Ballard, Vinicius Lima, Rylee Ann Rogers, Victoria Vassos

DEMI-SOLOISTS

Lillian Casscells, Nicole Fannéy, Jacob Hancock, Joseph Lynch, Lexi McCloud, Jake Preece, Anisa Sinteral, Loren Walton

ARTISTS

Alexis Bull, Jazz Khai Bynum, Kai Casperson, Kye Cooley, Isabella Corridon, Jaya Dhand, Anderson Duhan, Maren Florence, Robert Fowler, Lund Fuller, Victor Galeana, Mikayla Gyfteas, Téa Hinchley, James Jobson-Larkin, Schuyler Lian, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Kyra Stafford, Claire Wilson

BALLET WEST II

Carly Allyn, Olivia Book, Calder Feinstein, Soloman Fishman, Adrian Fite, Pieter Gunning, Callie Herbert, Mirin Hirano, Melanie McIntire, Mario Mery, Sophia Nanni, Aubri Parker, Mateo Salinas, ZÖe Wilson, Annalise Wood

Jane Victorine Wood PRINCIPAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Christine Imrick PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Michele Gifford ASSISTANT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

ARTISTIC STAFF

Jared Oaks MUSIC DIRECTOR

Pamela Robinson-Harris REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Reuben Lehr ARTISTIC OPERATIONS MANAGER AND ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Courtney Hellebuyck STUDENT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Michael Andrew Currey DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Liz Reams STAGE MANAGER AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

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Chair

Jennifer S. Huntsman*

Vice Chair

Sarah Eccles Taylor*

Treasurer

Scott M. Huntsman*

Secretary

Rachele McCarthey, M.D.*

Artistic Director

Adam Sklute*

Executive Director

Michael Scolamiero*

EMERITUS BOARD

Dr. Viljia Avizonis

Frances Battle

Carol Carter

Michael Black*

Matthew Cardon-Bystry

Frank L. Corbett

J. Chase Dreyfous Jr.*

Marc A. Fuller

Samantha Topping Gellert

Stephanie Harpst

Courtney Miller Hawks

Kimberly Heglar*

George W. Henry Jr.

Athelia Woolley LeSueur

Katie Daines Lindsay

Caryl Marsh

Jennifer Price-Wallin*

Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince

Shauna Bamberger Priskos

Shari H. Quinney

Mark Robbins*

Kelley Rogge

Shelly Ruff

Amanda Schmieder

Jacey Skinner

Krista Sorenson

Katie Tozer

Mikaela Cook Wilson

*Executive Committee Member

Dr. Kent DiFiore

Willis McCree

Dan Miller

John Miller

Amanda Simmons

Elizabeth (Beano) Solomon

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Julie Hopkins

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About Ballet West

From Balanchine to Bournonville, Petipa to Tharp, Ballet West boasts a rich and varied repertoire, elegant and versatile artists, and an American style and legacy that is as dynamic, expansive, and as unexpected as the Rocky Mountain region it represents. From its humble beginnings in 1963 as the only professional ballet company between Chicago and the West Coast, Ballet West has grown into one of America’s leading ballet companies. For 60 years, the Salt Lake City-based Company has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting the great classical story ballets, including America’s first and longest-running version of The Nutcracker, revivals of rarelyseen historical masterpieces, works by some of the world’s most renowned artists, and new cutting-edge creations by emerging choreographers. The Company also regularly tours both nationally and internationally.

Ballet West was established in Salt Lake City by co-founders Willam F. Christensen, often called the “Godfather of American ballet,” and Utah’s “First Lady of the Arts,” Glenn Walker Wallace. In 1951, Christensen established the first ballet department in an American university at The University of Utah. Over time, this program grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation. Prior to that, along with his brothers, Lew and Harold, Christensen made history by establishing the oldest full-ballet company in the western United States, the San Francisco Ballet. Since its inception, Ballet West has had five artistic directors, who have each helped build the Company’s unique and expansive profile – its founder, Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks, John Hart CBE, Jonas Kåge, and for the past 18 years, Adam Sklute, who has overseen the artistic product for the longest sustained growth of the Company since its founding. Ballet West continues to grow and evolve with 40 company members, 14 second company members, a thriving Academy, and one of the world’s largest ballet-based Education and Outreach programs, reaching over 152,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year.

The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West (BW) Academy builds future ballet and dance artists and audiences by providing training in classical ballet, flamenco, character, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, and theatrical dance training. The BW Academy has over 1,000 students between its four campuses - Salt Lake City, Trolley Corners, Park City, and Utah County. With newly-renovated student housing, the BW Academy is home to local, national, and international ballet students, with more than 50% of BW Academy students joining Ballet West.

With this eclectic and ever-expanding outlook, Ballet West is truly an American pioneer in dance. By honoring the history and traditions of our great artform, while constantly moving forward with new and untried concepts, we continue to keep ballet in Utah and the world alive and thriving into the future.

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Stage Arts Preprint

SUITE DE WEST SIDE STORY: BROADWAY Y MÁS ALLÁ

ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS

Coreografía: Jerome Robbins

Música: Claude Debussy

Intermedio

CAROUSEL (UNA DANZA)

Coreografía: Christopher Wheeldon

Música: Richard Rogers

Pausa

AFTER THE RAIN (PAS DE DEUX)

Coreografía: Christopher Wheeldon

Música: Arvo Pärt

Piano: Vedrana Subotic

Violonchelo: Dra Lauren Posey

Intermedio

SUITE DE WEST SIDE STORY

Coreografía: Jerome Robbins

Música: Leonard Bernstein

Letra: Stephen Sondheim

Vocalistas: Tania Molinar, Christopher Puckett, Alexandra Utrilla, Kristiana Utrilla, Tara Wardle

Con la Orquesta de Ballet West

Director musical: Jared Oaks

Esta función dura aproximadamente 1 hora y 52 minutos, con dos intermedios.

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE: BROADWAY & BEYOND

ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Music: Claude Debussy

Intermission

CAROUSEL (A DANCE)

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Richard Rogers

Pause

AFTER THE RAIN (PAS DE DEUX)

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Arvo Pärt

Piano: Vedrana Subotic

Cello: Dr. Lauren Posey

Intermission

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Music: Leonard Bernstein

Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Vocalists: Tania Molinar, Christopher Puckett, Alexandra Utrilla, Kristiana Utrilla, Tara Wardle

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra

Music Director: Jared Oaks

This performance lasts approximately one hour and 52 minutes, with two intermissions

From the Artistic Director

Welcome to West Side Story – Broadway and Beyond. Classical ballet choreographers have played a big part in American Broadway. Luminary ballet creators such as George Balanchine and Agnes DeMille included sophisticated dances as a key part in musicals during the 1930s and 40s. In fact, Balanchine is often cited as the first person in musical theater to receive the official title of “choreographer” for his work on the 1936 On Your Toes. He established the role as a co-equal collaborator alongside the writers and composers. DeMille went a step further when she revolutionized the genre with her work in the 1943 production of Oklahoma by weaving dance directly into the fabric of the plot and character development. DeMille also became the first woman to both choreograph and direct a Boradway Musical with the 1947 Allegro But it was arguably Jerome Robbins who completely transformed dance in the American musical theater by making the plot and action happen directly through the dancing itself. In particular, with his work in the 1957 West Side Story, he seamlessly integrated music, dance, and drama to address serious social issues. West Side Story broke from the tradition of “simple wholesome” musical theater by placing topics like gang violence and bigotry at the center of this popular entertainment. Robbins broke away from many European dance traditions to build a distinctly American idiom of movement that incorporated jazz, street energy, and “pedestrian” gestures into the show’s choreography.

His work as both choreographer and director of many Broadway shows catapulted dance into the foreground of musical theater. But Robbins also had great success with classical ballet creations, notable for many of the same aspects that made his musical theater work unique using a blending of classic European ballet technique with American rhythms, pedestrian movement, and a profound, earthy sense of humanity. There is a natural spontaneity to Robbins’ movement that sets his work apart from all other choreographers.

Following in Robbins’ footsteps, Christopher Wheeldon has become one of the world’s foremost living choreographers for both classical ballet and musical theater. And just like DeMille and Robbins, Wheeldon has acted as both choreographer and director for such stage shows as the 2015 An American in Paris and the 2022 MJ The Musical. He is one of the world’s most sought-after ballet choreographers and while his work is uniquely his own, he shares Robbins’ simple spontaneity and economy in movement and a deep complex musicality which illuminates everything he does.

So, for this program, I chose four pieces that celebrate the diverse work of Robbins and Wheeldon in different musical and stylistic idioms.

The program opens with Robbins’ plotless offering Antique Epigraphs. Set to an orchestrated version Claude Debussy’s 1914 Six Épigraphes antiques for piano, four hands, and his 1913 flute solo Syrinx, it is a ballet for eight statuesque women. Debussy’s originally wrote his Six Épigraphes Antiques to accompany Pierre Louys’ prose poem

The Songs of Bilitis. Robbins in turn uses the music to evoke Greek antiquity and with his hallmark economy of movement where he creates a pastoral world that is both natural

From the Artistic Director

and mystical. I saw the New York City Ballet’s original 1984 presentation of this hypnotic dance and was transported by the soft swirling energy, elegance, and the mysterious sense that this seemingly abstract work had a deeper meaning in every gesture.

Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel was originally choreographed by Agnes DeMille in 1945, and it was another example of using dance to further the plot in a musical. Based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar, the show was also groundbreaking in its subject matter of spousal abuse and redemption though a good deed in the afterlife. Even with its darker undertones, however, there is a joy and pathos to the show that made it an enduring classic. In 2002 Wheeldon made a “Piece d’occasion” for the New York City Ballet as part of a centennial celebration of composer Richard Rogers. Taking orchestrated sections form the musical, such as the Carousel Waltz and If I Loved You, Wheeldon creates a poem or riff on the musical that is at once pure dance and a joyous invocation of the Broadway show.

With the pas de deux from After the Rain, Wheeldon moves us to a completely different world. This delicate, intimate gem was created for two New York City Ballet Principal Dancers that Wheeldon considered to be his muses – Wendy Wheelan and Jock Soto. The music is by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and the pas de deux, originally the second half of a larger ballet, is now often done on its own. Here, like with Robbins’ greatest

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BOUTIQUE

From the Executive Director

Programs that introduce our audiences to new works are always exciting and gratifying. Having a program comprised entirely of company premieres is extraordinary! The program you are about to see unveils Company premieres by two renowned choreographers: Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon.

Both gentlemen danced with New York’s major ballet companies: Robbins with Ballet Theatre (later known as American Ballet Theatre) followed by New York City Ballet and Wheeldon with New York City Ballet. Both were soloists with their respective companies, and both created several acclaimed works for New York City Ballet. Robbins had a career on Broadway that spanned some 50 years and is unsurpassed, receiving five Tony Awards. Wheeldon is also the recipient of a Tony Award and was New York City Ballet’s first resident artist.

Today’s program features two ballets with Broadway roots: Wheeldon’s Carousel, A Dance and West Side Story Suite by Robbins. Wheeldon does not undertake a retelling of the 1945 Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway hit Carousel. Rather, he takes the music and creates a series of dances that are original, romantic, and uplifting. Using a suite of dances Robbins created for his 1989 musical Jerome Robbins on Broadway, he restaged West Side Story Suite for New York City Ballet in 1995, which has been a favorite among ballet audiences ever since.

Rounding out the program are Wheeldon’s hauntingly beautiful pas de deux from After the Rain and the sublime Antique Epigraphs by Robbins where the women artists of Ballet West shine. It is a brilliant program that provides a bit of something for everyone, continuing Ballet West’s commitment to expanding its repertoire for both audiences and dancers.

Next month, our 62nd season concludes with Choreographic Fest VII, featuring the best of Utah dance companies and a world premiere by Donald Byrd, commissioned by Ballet West. Visiting companies include Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Repertory Dance Theatre, and SALT Contemporary Dance, all on one program for the first time!

Thank you, as always, for your deep and abiding commitment to Ballet West. Your generosity and kindness are meaningful and an important part of our success!

With gratitude, Michael Scolamiero

The Elizabeth Solomon Executive Director Chair

Michael Scolamiero joined Ballet West after an extensive international search led by Michael Kaiser, President Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since that time, Scolamiero has played a key role in transforming the organization’s financial health, eliminating operating deficits and building a cash reserve. With a strong balance sheet, Ballet West no longer requires external financing to meet cash needs and is growing its endowment. Under his direction, Ballet West has purchased and operates residential housing in downtown Salt Lake City for students at the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy.

From the Artistic Director

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work, we experience a piece of extreme simplicity, unadorned by any mannerism or superfluous movement. Its profundity lies in its economy of movement that allows mesmerizing music and the dancers artistry to shine through.

Robbins produced his West Side Story Suite for the New York City Ballet in 1995. This was a modification of a suite of numbers he and his co-choreographer Peter Genarro choreographed for the original musical that he produced for his Jerome Robbins Broadway. Made for ballet dancers, this suite was unprecedented, requiring dancers to sing, speak, and act more like musical theater performers than classical ballet dancers.

I am excited to welcome our stager Robert LaFosse - former Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet, as well as a leading Broadway performer who worked closely with Jerome Robbins in both musical theater and classical ballet during the choreographer’s lifetime. He has been a wealth of knowledge and an inspiration to our Ballet West Artists. It’s also thrilling to have our guest artists. Performing the role of Tony in West Side Story Suite, Robbie Fairchild is an alumni of the Ballet West Academy before he went to New York to become a Principal Artists at NYCB and then a leading performer on Broadway where he was Tony-nominated for his role in Wheeldon’s show An American in Paris; and Georgina Pazgoquin, former NYCB Soloist, Broadway performer, and co-founder of the advocacy group Final Bow to Yellow Face, who will be performing the role of Anita in West Side Story Suite. Georgina was one of the last performers to be personally coached by Broadway legend Chita Rivera (the originator of the role of Anita in 1957). It is also remarkable to note how many of our Ballet West dancers are outstanding singers.

With our artists singing as well as dancing, this production is like none other that I have produced at Ballet West throughout my tenure. The artists have relished the unique artistic and technical challenges of this program.

Thank you for your patronage, We hope you will enjoy.

Adam Sklute

The Willam Christensen Artistic Director Chair

ANTIQUE EPIGRAPHS

UTAH PREMIERE

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Music: Claude Debussy*

Costumes: Florence Klotz

Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

Lighting Recreation: Scott Zielinski

Staging: Jerri Kumery

In 1897 Debussy set to music some newly discovered ancient Greek Sapphic poems called Songs of Bilitis. The poems were published as translations by Pierre Loüys, who subsequently admitted writing them himself. Debussy returned to the musical material years later and reshaped some of them into piano pieces for four hands called Six Epigraphes. He wanted to orchestrate them and it was done by Ernest Ansermet in 1932. Syrinx for solo flute completes the score for the ballet. Like the Epigraphes and Afternoon of a Faun, Syrinx was inspired by French poetry about life and myths of Greek antiquity. Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) www.mtishows.com.

4/10, 4/11 EVE, 4/18 MAT

Katlyn Addison, Lillian Casscells, Kye Cooley, Nicole Fannéy, Victoria Vassos, Rylee Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Claire Spainhour

4/11 MAT, 4/16, 4/18 EVE

Emily Adams, Alexis Bull, Jazz Khai Bynum, Isabella Corridon, Nicole Fannéy, Maren Florence, Mikayla Gyfteas, Kyra Stafford

*Six Épigraphes Antiques (1915), orchestrated by Ernest Ansermet

World Premiere: Feb. 2, 1984, Jan. 22, 2005, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York, NY

Utah Premiere: April 10, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

CAROUSEL (A DANCE)

UTAH PREMIERE

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Richard Rogers*

Costumes: Holly Hynes

Lighting: Mark Stanley

Lighting Recreation: Penny Jacobus

Staging: Michele Gifford

In 2002, New York City Ballet devoted its opening night performance to the music of Richard Rodgers, to honor the composer’s centennial. For his contribution to the program, Christopher Wheeldon used an arrangement of Rodgers’ The Carousel Waltz and If I Loved You from the 1945 musical Carousel. The ballet is a distillation of Carousel’s central romance and is evocative of the “dream ballets” found in many musicals of that era.

4/10, 4/11 EVE, 4/18 MAT

Amy Potter, Jordan Veit Lillian Casscells, Loren Walton Nicolé Fanney, Dominic Ballard

Alexis Bull, Jazz Khai Bynum, Kai Casperson, Kye Cooley, Isabella Corridon, Jaya Dhand, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler, Mikayla Gyfteas, Jacob Hancock, Téa Hinchley, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Lexi McCloud, Jake Preece, Anisa Sinteral, Claire Spainhour, Kyra Stafford, Annalise Wood

4/11 MAT, 4/16, 4/18 EVE

Rylee Ann Rogers, Hadriel Diniz Lexi McCloud, Jacob Hancock Maren Florence, William Lynch

Alexis Bull, Jazz Khai Bynum, Kai Casperson, Kye Cooley, Isabella Corridon, Jaya Dhand, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler, Mikayla Gyfteas, Loren Walton, Téa Hinchley, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Olivia Book, Jake Preece, Anisa Sinteral, Claire Spainhour, Kyra Stafford, Annalise Wood

*Carousel: A Dance (1945), orchestrated by William David Brohn

World Premiere: Nov. 26, 2002, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York, NY

Utah Premiere: April 10, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

Intermission

AFTER THE RAIN (PAS DE DEUX)

UTAH PREMIERE

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Arvo Pärt*

Costumes: Holly Hynes

Lighting: Mark Stanley

Lighting Recreation: Penny Jacobus

Staging: Michele Gifford

Cellist: Lauren Posey

Pianist: Vedrana Subotic

Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain premiered in 2005 at New York City Ballet’s annual New Combinations Evening, which honors the anniversary of George Balanchine’s birth with world premiere ballets. The pad de deux portion of the ballet, one couple performs a haunting pas de deux set to Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel. After the Rain pas de deux portrays a tender relationship between a man and woman through slow, fluid partnering and sculptural lifts.

4/10, 4/11 EVE, 4/18 MAT

4/11 MAT, 4/16, 4/18 EVE

*Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)

Emily Adams, Hadriel Diniz

Katlyn Addison, Adrian Fry

World Premiere: Jan. 22, 2005, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York, NY

Utah Premiere: April 10, 2026, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

WEST SIDE STORY SUITE

UTAH PREMIERE

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Music: Leonard Bernstein*

Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Vocal Coach: Jin-Xiang Yu

Scenery: Oliver Smith

Costumes: Irene Sharaff

Lighting: Jennifer Tipton

Lighting Recreation: Scott Zielinski

Staging: Robert La Fosse

Vocalists: Tania Molinar, Christopher Puckett, Alexandra Utrilla, Kristiana Utrilla, Tara Wardle

West Side Story, set in 1957, is based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. The musical opened on September 26th of that year and the movie followed in 1960. Mr. Robbins extracted a sequence of dances from West Side Story to make this present Suite.

Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) www.mtishows.com.

Tony: Robbie Fairchild**/Jordan Veit (4/16)

Riff: David Huffmire

Jet Men: Dominic Ballard, Kai Casperson, Anderson Duhan, Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, Lund Fuller, Jacob Hancock, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson

Jet Women: Olivia Book, Alexis Bull, Lillian Casscells, Isabella Corridon Nicole Fannéy

Maren Florence, Anisa Sinteral, Claire Spainhour, Victoria Vassos

Velma: Rylee Ann Rogers

Anita: Georgina Pazgoquin**

Maria: Lexi McCloud

Bernardo: Hadriel Diniz

Rosalia: Jenna Rae Herrera

Shark Men: Robert Fowler, Victor Galeana, James Jobson-Larkin, Vinicius Lima

Joseph Lynch, Mario Mery, Jake Preece, Loren Walton

Shark Women: Jazz Khai Bynum, Kye Cooley, Jaya Dhand, Mikayla Gyfteas, Téa Hinchley, Kyra Stafford, Annalise Wood

*West Side Story (1957)

**Guest Artists

World Premiere: May 18, 1995, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York

Utah Premiere: April 10, 2026, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

HVAC AND TEMPERATURE INFORMATION

Have you ever felt a sudden chill or a burst of heat while enjoying a performance? You’re not imagining things!

Here’s an overview of why this occurs and the enhancements we’re implementing to improve your comfort.

HVAC AND TEMPERATURE INFORMATION

Why Does This Happen?

The entire theatre - stage, orchestra level, and balcony - is served by a single air handler and it is a delicate balance to keep temperatures just right for the audience and the performers on stage. This means some areas may be a little warmer and other areas may be a little colder.

How Do We Compensate?

We monitor temperatures in real-time using the IMonnit App, allowing us to respond to temperature fluctuations quickly. Backstage, we can deploy portable heaters for localized temperature adjustments. We work hard to find ideal temperatures in all areas of the auditorium and stage, but because of the historical design of the systems we are not always able to reach perfect temperatures in every area.

When Will This Be Fixed?

Our long-term goal is to design and install an HVAC system with independent temperature control for different zones. This multi-year project begins in 2026 with a feasibility study to determine the best options for optimizing temperatures and associated costs, while preserving the historical nature of Capitol Theatre. From there, we will seek funding and develop a construction timeline. Because of the scope of this project, it is expected to take several years.

Thank you for your continued patience as we work to make the Capitol Theatre a more comfortable experience for everyone.

Ballet West Orchestra

Jared Oaks

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Violin

Aubrey Woods

Concertmaster

David Price

Assistant Concertmaster

Rachel Karr

Principal Second Violin

Ann Cox

Assistant Principal Second Violin

Marcel Bowman

Melissa Combe

Melissa Draper

Hannah Kwong

Kathy Langr

Hallie Mosteller

Hanna Packard

Madeline Riding

Kasia Sokol-Borup

Peggy Wheelwright

Viola

Sunny Johnson Principal

Kathleen Bradford

Devan Freebairn

Mallory Todd

Caitlyn Curry

Cello

Lauren Posey Principal

Cassie Olson

Robin Dunn

Lauren Miller

Megan Richards

Jenn Sprague ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Bass

Matthew Shumway Principal

Lola Maxham

Liz Lambson

Harp

Maria Phippen

Julie Keyes

Flute

Alison Olsen Principal

Tia Jaynes

Drew Powell

Oboe

Anna Larson Principal

Nicole Fullmer

Justin Torres (English Horn)

Clarinet

Erin Voellinger Principal

David Feller

Henry Caceras (Bass Clarinet)

Bassoon

Christopher Egbert Principal

Robert Bedont (Contrabassoon)

Saxophone

Benjamin Nichols

Brian Booth

Horn

Brian Blanchard

Acting Principal

Nathan Basinger

Steve Park

Nathan Fenwick

Trumpet

Kyra Sovronsky Principal

Joe Reardon

Principal - West Side Story

Lisa Verzella

Trombone

Nick Burnham Principal

Steven Hunter

Neil Hendriksen

Tuba

Michael Mccawley Principal

Timpani

Drew Fallon Principal

Percussion

Heath Wolf Principal

Chelsea Jones

Tony Thackeray

Piano/Celeste

Emily Barrett

Ballet West Orchestra

JARED OAKS

Music Director

Jared Oaks, one of the leading young ballet conductors in the United States, is Music Director of Ballet West. Since joining the company in 2008, Jared has maintained a rigorous conducting schedule, in addition to playing for piano rehearsals and classes. He is a regular guest conductor for The Sarasota Ballet, and has conducted performances for Houston Ballet, Ballet Des Moines, and Louisville Ballet. He has worked with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, among others.

Jared’s numerous compositions include an oratorio about Joan of Arc, with poems by Suzanne Lundquist, and chamber ballets for Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, and Mid-Columbia Ballet. Jared is also a fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and co-founder of the Composer Discovery Initiative.

BRIAN PAPPAL Guest Conductor

Conductor Brian Pappal is excited to return as a guest conductor with Ballet West this season after debuting last season with Balanchine’s Serenade. Pappal serves as Music Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Dance. Additionally, he is the Artistic Director of the Wasatch Symphony and the Mapleton Chorale. As a vocalist, Brian is a regular recording artist in Utah studios, performs in the pit at Ballet West, and was a guest chorus master for a Ballet West concert last season, preparing the choir for Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms

AUBREY WOODS Concertmaster

Aubrey Woods’ rise as a professional violinist vividly demonstrates the versatility that is the sine qua non for twentyfirst century musicians. Her artistic leadership and excellence as concertmaster for Ballet West are consistently on display at the Capitol, Rose Wagner, and Eccles theatres in Salt Lake City. She frequently performs with the Utah Symphony Orchestra. She appeared for several years with the Orchestra at Temple Square in weekly worldwide broadcasts and on recordings with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and notable soloists, including Bryn Terfel and Renée Fleming. Aubrey is equally in demand as a studio recording artist for movies, television, and in backing tracks for many popular artists.

Guest Artists

GEORGINA PAZCOGUIN

Guest Artist

Georgina Pazcoguin “The Rogue Ballerina” is a ballerinaturned-actress, author, producer, and choreographer. She is seen on screen in Fosse/Verdon, Severance, and the 2026 documentary About Face. Her book Swan Dive chronicles the whiplash, heartbreak, and hilarious detours of a life built en pointe at NYCB and off script. When she’s not onstage or on set, she’s closing deals and shaking up the NYC real estate world with CBWarburg.

ROBBIE FAIRCHILD

Guest Artist

Robbie Fairchild made his Tony nominated Broadway debut in 2015 as Jerry Mulligan in the Tony Awardwinning musical An American in Paris, which he reprised in London’s West End in 2017. He was awarded the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World, National Dance and Astaire Award for this performance and was nominated for the Evening Standard and Drama League Awards. From 2009 to 2017, Fairchild performed as a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet. His other theater credits include Monster in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (Signature Theater, Chita Rivera Award), Harry Beaton in Brigadoon (New York City Center), Will Parker in Oklahoma! (Royal Albert Hall, London), Mike Costa in A Chorus Line (Hollywood Bowl), and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me Kate (Roundabout Theater Company’s 2017 Gala). Television: The Comeback (HBO Max), Étoile (Prime Video), Soundtrack (Netflix), Mixtape (FOX Pilot), Julie’s Greenroom (Netflix), Oklahoma! (BBC Proms), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Carousel Boy in NY Philharmonic’s Carousel (PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center), Dancing With The Stars, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Live with Kelly and Michael, CBS Sunday Morning, and 60 Minutes. Film: Tom Hooper's Cats, An American in Paris Live (West End Production), The Chaperone and NY Export: Opus Jazz. Represented by CAA.

Photo Credit: Jeffrey Mosier Photography

JEROME ROBBINS

Antique Epigraphs and West Side Story Suite

Jerome Robbins is world-renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony Awards, including best musical and best director. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances At a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces and Ives, Songs, which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. His last ballets include A Suite of Dances created for Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995) and Brandenburg (1996). In addition to two Academy Awards for the film West Side Story, Mr. Robbins has received four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Mr. Robbins was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON

Choreography, Carousel and After the Rain

Christopher Wheeldon, OBE (Director & Choreographer) trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet in 1991. In 1993, he joined New York City Ballet and was promoted to Soloist in 1998. He was named NYCB’s first Resident Choreographer in July 2001. Since then, Wheeldon has created and staged productions for many of the world’s major ballet companies: San Francisco Ballet, The Bolshoi Ballet, The Mariinsky Ballet, The Paris Opera Ballet, and Hamburg Ballet among others.

Wheeldon created a special excerpt for the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and in April 2016, he was the Artistic Director for the Fashion Forward exhibition in Paris at La Musee Arts et Decoratif. In 2014, Wheeldon directed and choreographed the Broadway musical version of An American in Paris, which had productions in Paris, New York, and London and has toured extensively through America, China, Japan and Australia. Most recently, he directed and choreographed MJ The Musical, which opened on Broadway in February 2022, winning four Tony Awards, including Best Choreography. It is also currently in London’s West End, touring throughout America, and is soon to open in Hamburg in December 2024.

Photo Credit: Frederic Ohringer_Key

Photo Credit: Rose Eichenbaum

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Composer, Antique Epigraphs

Claude-Achille Debussy was the creator and leading exponent of French musical impressionism. In 1873, Debussy entered the Paris Conservatory, where he studied piano with Antoine Francois Marmontel and composition with Ernest Guiraud. From 1887 on, Debussy confined his activity to composition. He enjoyed the company of the leading impressionist poets and painters who gathered at the home of the poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Their influence is felt in Dubussy’s first important orchestral work, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun (1892-94), inspired by Mallarmé’s poem, L’Après-midi d’un Faune. This work established the style of impressionist music and initiated Debussy’s most productive period, which lasted nearly 20 years.

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RICHARD RODGERS

Composer, Carousel

Richard Rodgers was an American composer and one of the most influential figures in 20thcentury musical theater. Born in New York City, he wrote the music for more than forty Broadway musicals and over 900 songs, collaborating most notably with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His works with Hammerstein, including Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, helped shape the modern American musical by integrating story, song, and dance. Rodgers’s contributions to the musical stage earned him numerous awards, and throughout his long career his songs became standards in the American repertoire.

ARVO PÄRT

Composer, After the Rain

Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in contemporary classical music. Born in Paide, Estonia, he studied composition in Tallinn before exploring a wide range of styles, from early modernist and serial techniques to a deeply personal musical language he developed in the late 1970s known as tintinnabuli. Pärt’s music has earned international acclaim for its meditative clarity and spiritual depth, and he has been among the most performed living composers in the world.

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Composer, West Side Story Suite

As a composer, Bernstein wrote in many genres, including symphonic and orchestral music, ballet, film and theatre music, choral works, opera, chamber music, and pieces for the piano. Bernstein's works include the Broadway musical West Side Story, which continues to be regularly performed worldwide, and has been adapted into two (1961 and 2021) feature films, as well as three symphonies, Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) (1954) and Chichester Psalms (1965), the original score for Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront (1954), and theatre works including On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), Candide (1956), and his Mass (1971).

Bernstein was the first American-born conductor to lead a major American symphony orchestra. He was music director of the New York Philharmonic and conducted the world's major orchestras, generating a legacy of audio and video recordings. Bernstein was also a critical figure in the modern revival of the music of Gustav Mahler, in whose music he was most interested. A skilled pianist, Bernstein often conducted piano concertos from the keyboard. He shared and explored classical music on television with a mass audience in national and international broadcasts, including Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic.

JERRI KUMERY

Staging, Antique Epigraphs

Jerri Kumery danced with New York City Ballet from 19771987, under the artistic direction of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins. She began serving as a Repetiteur with The George Balanchine Trust in 1987, along with being a Ballet Master with Ballet Teatro Lirico Nacional in Madrid, Spain, and Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seatle, WA.

In 1990, she became the Associate Artistic Director with North Carolina Dance Theatre and in 1997, became CoAssociate Artistic Director with Patricia McBride and was awarded an Arts & Science Council Fellowship for her meritorious contribution to the artistic community of Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2007, she became an Artistic Associate for Richmond Ballet. On May 7, 2024, the Board of Trustees of Richmond Ballet recognized Kumery with a lifetime appointment of Artistic Associate Emerita. She has returned full-time as Repetiteur to The George Balanchine Trust, along with serving the Jerome Robbins Foundation and being the Curator and Repetiteur of The Salvatore Aiello Trust.

MICHELE GIFFORD

Staging, Carousel and After the Rain

Michele grew up in Dallas, Texas. She began her training with Ann Etgen and Bill Atkinson at the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet. At the age of sixteen, she moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet on full scholarship. Two years later, she became a member of the New York City Ballet. In her twelve-year career at New York City Ballet, Michele had the opportunity to perform many soloist and principal roles including Balanchine’s Apollo, Rubies, Agnon, Symphony in Three Movements, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stars and Stripes to name a few. Michele also originated many roles, including Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, Peter Martins’ Echo, Christopher Wheeldon’s Slavonic Dances, and David Parsons’ Touch. In 2000, Michele joined Texas Ballet Theater under Ben Stevenson.

Michele has taught throughout the country, including Ballet West, Boston Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Mejia International Ballet, and Indiana University, to name a few. Besides teaching, Michele is a Repetiteur for the Balanchine Trust as well as renown choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon. Throughout her 29-year performing career, she has taught and owned her own Gyrotonic studio, Studio G, passing on her knowledge of movement to people from all walks of life. Michele’s passion doesn’t stop in the ballet studio or Gyrotonic studio but continues at home with her two children, Ryan and Morgan.

ROBERT LA FOSSE

Staging, West Side Story Suite

Robert La Fosse joined New York City Ballet in 1986 as a principal dancer after a nine-year career with American Ballet Theatre, which he joined in 1977. During his career with NYCB, La Fosse originated roles in Jerome Robbins’ Quiet City, Piccolo Balletto and West Side Story Suite, Peter Martins’ A Fool for You and Tea Rose, and in Susan Stroman’s Blossom Got Kissed from Duke! With ABT, he danced leading roles in many of the full-length classics and appeared in works by Eugene Loring, Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, and Twyla Tharp. For the Broadway stage, La Fosse starred in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, for which he received a 1989 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

In addition to his performing career, Mr. La Fosse is also an established choreographer who has created over 75 works for ballet, opera, musical theater, film and television. He has taught at New York City Ballet, School of American Ballet, ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, The Julliard School, Princeton University, SUNY Purchase and

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Barnard College. He performs in the New York City Ballet’s annual production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker as Herr Drosselmiere. Presently, he stages the works of Jerome Robbins throughout the world.

LAUREN POSEY

Cello Soloist, After the Rain

Dr. Lauren Posey is principal cellist of the Ballet West Orchestra and Executive Director of the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute. She is on faculty at Westminster University, co-directs the Colorado Cello Intensive, and maintains an active private cello studio. An advocate for music education and community engagement, she was named one of Utah Business Magazine’s 2024 Forty Under 40 for her leadership and impact through the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute. Posey performs regularly as a chamber musician, and regularly appears as a keynote speaker, masterclass clinician, and giving presentations. Posey received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California and a Master of Music degree from the University of Utah.

VEDRANA SUBOTIC

Piano Soloist, After the Rain

Pianist Vedrana Subotic is the Director of Intermezzo Concert Series and a Professor-Lecturer at the University of Utah, where she teaches students in the piano performance programs. A native of the former Yugoslavia, Dr. Subotic came to the United States after winning the top prize in its national piano competition. She is a Steinway Artist and performs in dozens of concerts every year as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, in the US, Europe, North and South Americas, and Asia. Subotic holds five performance degrees including a Doctorate of Music and Artist Diploma from Indiana University. For more information visit www.vedranasubotic.com

Profiles

TANIA MOLINAR

Vocal Soloist, West Side Story Suite

Tania Molinar is thrilled to be performing with Ballet West. Previous credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Romani Woman/Ensemble), Jekyll & Hyde (Lady Beaconsfield U/S), and West Side Story (Consuelo, Anita U/S). Other favorite roles include Sandy in Grease, Sister Margarita in The Sound of Music, Penny in Hairspray, Queen Maisie in Cinderella, and Miss Hannigan in Annie.

CHRISTOPHER PUCKETT

Vocal Soloist, West Side Story Suite

Tenor Christopher Puckett is thrilled to return to Ballet West after appearing last season as the tenor soloist in Nicolo Fonte’s production of Carmina Burana, a role which he then reprised at Nevada Ballet Theatre. Other recent credits include the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Salt Lake Choral Artists, as well as both the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah at the 138th Annual Messiah Festival of the Arts. Equally at home on the operatic stage, Dr. Puckett has sung leading roles in such operas as The Turn of the Screw, Così fan tutte, Cendrillon, La Sonnambula, Don Giovanni, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Studies at Westminster College.

ALEXANDRA UTRILLA

Vocal Soloist, West Side Story Suite

Alexandra Utrilla is thrilled to return to Ballet West after completing her 15th season of singing soprano in Ballet West’s historic production of The Nutcracker. Previous credits include working as a character performer with the Walt Disney Company and Tiny Tim in the University of Utah’s one-act opera rendition of A Christmas Carol Alexandra holds a master’s degree in International Law from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a minor in music from the University of Utah.

KRISTIANA UTRILLA

Vocal Soloist, West Side Story Suite

Kristiana has sung for two years in Ballet West’s The Nutcracker Snowflake Choir. She appears and sings in the Kara Chapman video “I Am a Child of God” on YouTube. Kristiana currently performs in Alysa Jenks’ Bella Voce choir and has studied the piano since she was five.

TARA WARDLE

Vocal Soloist

Tara is thrilled to be collaborating again with Ballet West having recently joined the ballet for Les Noces and also Carmina Burana. She is a professional vocalist with a versatile background in both classical and musical theatre genres, which allows her to be utilized in many different projects. In the recording studio, Tara has contributed vocals for commercials, movies and video games for Platinum Sound, Sony Studios, and Funk Studios. Tara works at Centerpoint Legacy Theatre in their academy program teaching high-school age kids, and has music directed dozens of musicals on the Barlow Main Stage. Her favorite title is mom to her four beautiful kids and wife to her husband of 22 years.

EMILY ADAMS

Newtown, Pennsylvania

Ballet West II 2005, Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2011, Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2015

SPONSORED BY THE JANET QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

ADRIAN FRY

Omaha, Nebraska

Artist 2010, Soloist 2012, First Soloist 2014, Principal Artist 2017

Principal Artists

KATLYN ADDISON

Ontario, Canada

Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2021

TYLER GUM

Calhan, Colorado

Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2023

JENNA RAE HERRERA

Ontario, California

Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2015, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021

Principal Artists

DAVID HUFFMIRE

Reno, Nevada

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2018, Soloist 2022, Principal Artist 2024

SPONSORED BY THE FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

AMY POTTER

Roanoke, Virginia

Ballet West II 2011, Artist 2012-2014, Soloist 2021, Principal Artist 2022

SPONSORED BY CAROLE WOOD AND DARRELL HENSLEIGH

JORDAN VEIT

Seattle, Washington

Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2016, Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2022

Soloists

DOMINIC BALLARD

Albury, NSW, Australia

Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022, Soloist 2025

Demi-Soloists

LILLIAN CASSCELLS

Washington, D.C.

Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2024

NICOLE FANNÉY

Cary, North Carolina

Ballet West Academy

Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020, Demi-Soloist 2023

SPONSORED BY JENNIFER AND GIDEON MALHERBE

LEXI MCCLOUD

North Salt Lake, Utah

Ballet West II 2022, Artist 2024, Demi-Soloist 2025

SPONSORED BY SAMANTHA STECHSCHULTE & JORDAN ATKIN

JAKE PREECE

Vancouver, Canada

Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2019, Demi-Soloist 2022

JACOB HANCOCK

Lehi, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2017, BWA Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022, Demi-Soloist 2025

ANISA SINTERAL

Parker, Colorado

Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015-2019, Artist 2021, Demi-Soloist 2025

SPONSORED BY MICHAEL BLACK AND KIMBERLY STRAND

JOSEPH LYNCH

Cumberland, Rhode Island

Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019, Demi-Soloist 2025

LOREN WALTON

Austin, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022, Demi-Soloist 2025

SPONSORED BY MADELEINE P. AND HARVEY R. PLONSKER

ALEXIS BULL

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2024

ISABELLA CORRIDON

Westport, Connecticut

Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

SPONSORED BY JONATHAN AND AMANDA SCHMIEDER

ROBERT FOWLER

Kennewick, Washington

Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2021

Corps Artists

JAZZ KHAI BYNUM

Germantown, Maryland

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

ANDERSON DUHAN

Holliday, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

LUND FULLER

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2011, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2025

KAI CASPERSON

Logan, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2017, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2024

JAYA DHAND

San Diego, California

Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2025

VICTOR GALEANA

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2013, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022, Artist 2025

KYE COOLEY

Bowie, Maryland

Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

SPONSORED BY JENNIFER PRICE-WALLIN AND TONY WALLIN

MAREN FLORENCE

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2012, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

MIKAYLA GYFTEAS

Anchorage, Alaska

Ballet West Academy 2020, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2024

Corps Artists

TÉA HINCHLEY

Castle Rock, Colorado

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2024

JAMES JOBSON-LARKIN

New York City, New York

Artist 2024

SCHUYLER LIAN

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Ballet West II 2022, Artist 2024

WILLIAM LYNCH

San Diego, California

Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

JONAS MALINKATHOMPSON

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2012, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

CLAIRE SPAINHOUR

Longview, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

Ballet West II

CARLY ALLYN

San Diego, California

Ballet West Academy 2022, BWA Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

ADRIAN FITE

Dallas, Texas

Ballet West Academy 2021, BWA Trainee 2022, Ballet West II 2024

MELANIE MCINTIRE

Scottsdale, Arizona

BWA Trainee 2024, Ballet West II 2025

OLIVIA BOOK

Ontario, Canada

Ballet West Academy 2019, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

PIETER GUNNING

Netherlands

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

San Antonio, Texas

Ballet West Academy 2021, BWA Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

CALDER FEINSTEIN

Los Angeles, California

Ballet West II 2025

Los Gatos, California

Ballet West Academy 2020, BWA Trainee 2022, Ballet West II 2024

Miami, Florida

Ballet West II 2024

ZOË

Westchester, New York

Ballet West Academy 2021, BWA Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

SOLOMON

Boston, Massachusetts

Ballet West Academy 2018, BWA Trainee 2022

Ballet West II 2025

Tokyo, Japan

Ballet West II 2024

Frisco, Texas

Ballet West II 2025

Windsor, Colorado

BWA Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

MARIO MERY

SOPHIA NANNI

AUBRI PARKER

FISHMAN

CALLIA HERBERT

MIRIN HIRANO

MATEO SALINAS

WILSON

ANNALISE WOOD

Favorite book or TV show: Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho TV Show: The Bear, Bridgerton, Fallout Movies: Love and Basketball

Favorite food: Caribbean and Italian cuisine

Favorite thing to do in Salt Lake City: Grab a coffee at Asher Adams, go for a hike, go to live events such as Jazz, Mammoth games, musicals, comedy at Wise Guys, and walk around town with her husband and dog.

Dream dance role or favorite role danced: Tatiana in the ballet Onegin. She says the process helped her grow as an artist and to trust in herself.

What’s in her dance bag: Foot care items, jewelry, gum and mints, ibuprofen, second skin, multiple skirts (short, long, and kneelength), shorts, leg warmers, wraps, headbands, about four pairs of pointe shoes, hair ties, hairpins, tape, flip-flops or running shoes, and soft shoes.

A cocker spaniel named Lacey, who looks like cookies and cream.

The perfect day: Sleep in, take the dog for a long walk, grab brunch, then spend time with family (parents, siblings, nieces and nephews), playing dominoes and cards. On the beach in the Caribbean with her husband.

If she weren’t a dancer: When she was really little, she wanted to be a pediatrician. However, she is grateful that God has blessed her with the talent to dance, and feels she’s exactly where she’s meant to be.

Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy

The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, the official school of Ballet West, is Utah’s premier source of dance training.

Ballet West Academy provides the highest caliber of ballet instruction to professionally-bound students, as well as to those who simply wish to enjoy this beautiful and athletic art form. Academy students experience a structured curriculum offered in a nurturing, respectful, and positive environment, celebrating and exploring each student’s individual strengths and abilities.

The Ballet West Academy and its distinguished faculty is led by Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, an ever-growing and dynamic leader in the international field of dance. Preprofessional students are given the unique opportunity to be observed regularly and take classes with Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute, and are considered for future positions with Ballet West. Avocational students build strength, coordination, and confidence through focused and joyous top-level dance education.

Classes begin at age three and are available at four locations: The Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre, Trolley Corners, Utah County, and Park City.

ballet west academy men's program director jeff rogers

frederick quinney lawson ballet west academy director evelyn cisneros-legate

ballet west academy peggy bergmann park city campus principal allison debona

janet eccles quinney ballet centre and trolley corners campuses principal katherine lawrence | photo by joshua whitehead

ballet west academy utah county campus principal heather thackeray

Wellness Partners

We are thankful for all the medical professionals who are committed to helping our dancers perform their best and stay injury-free.

OFFICIAL HEALTH PARTNER OF BALLET WEST

Dr. Claire Gross, MD, CAQSM

Jennifer Bentley, PT, DPT, OCS

Mary Bastian, MS, LAT, ATC

Gina Wojnar, DPT

Betsy Johnson MS ATC, Pilates

Sarah Poulsen, Pilates

Ashley Hagensick, Sports Dietitian

Tony Kemmochi, PsyD

Dr. Jeremy Wimmer

Executive Committee:

President: Jennifer Malherbe

Vice President: Brent Jensen

Immediate Past President: Helle LeRette

Secretary: Cyndalynn Tilley

Treasurer: Patricia Buckley

Leadership Council:

Awards Co-Chairs: Kathleen Gardner and Ellen Tolstad

Dancer Liaisons: Lesia Hunter, Jeanne Potucek and Julie Terry Shulimson

Fall Membership Event Co-Chairs: Susan Daynes and Jan Leaming

Film & Breakfast Club Chair: Daniel Darger

Membership Chair: Anne Neeley

Nominating Co-Chairs: Daniel Darger and Tami Hansen

Nutcracker Giving Tree Chair: Nancy Wingelaar

Outreach Chair: Doyle Clayburn

Park City Membership Chair: Franki Loftus

Parliamentarian: Susie Funk

Robert Arbogast Scholarship Chair: Dee Gauss

Spring Ballet in Bloom Co-Chairs: Leslie Edwards and Carole Wood

Summer Welcome Back Chair: Trisha Kirkbride

Ex-Officio:

Ballet West Artistic Director: Adam Sklute

Ballet West Executive Director: Michael Scolamiero

Board of Directors Chair: Jennifer Horne Huntsman

Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support

$500,000 AND ABOVE

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

The Kahlert Foundation

The Meldrum Foundation

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks (ZAP)

Utah State Board of Education: POPS

$250,000 - 499,999

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Intermountain Health**

$100,000 - 249,999

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation

Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation

S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Utah Toyota Dealers

$25,000 - 99,999

Adobe

B. W. Bastian Foundation

Beaver Creek Foundation

Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation

Cache Valley Bank

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation

Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

Grand America Hotel and The Laurel*

David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation

John C. Kish Foundation

John and Sonia Lingos Family Foundation

We thank the following community partners for their annual and multi-year contributions.

Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation

Mark Miller Toyota

McCarthey Family Foundation

Moreton & Company

Joseph & Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Summit County Cultural RAP Tax

The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation

Utah Office of Tourism

$10,000 - 24,999

A Line Boutique

Ballet West Guild

Big-D Construction

R. Harold Burton Foundation

Clean Simple Eats**

Clyde Companies

CompuNet, Inc.

Diamond Rental*

Fuse Weddings*

Goldman Sachs

Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation

Hilton Salt Lake City Center*

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Miller Family Philanthropy

Montage International*

Morgan Stanley

O.C. Tanner**

Skylark Productions*

Simmons Family Foundation

Norman C. Tanner and Barbara L. Tanner Second Charitable Support Trust

Dr. Jeremy Wimmer and Summit Chiropractic & Wellness*

Youth United of Park City Community Foundation

Advertiser Support

$5,000 - 9,999

Gourmandise*

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors

Ivy & Varley*

J. Wong's*

The KP Group*

Laurel Brasserie and Bar*

Placemakr*

Salt Lake City Arts Council

Salt Lake Power Yoga*

Stewart Education Foundation

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Ruth's Chris Steak House*

Twelve30 Creative*

Utah Hockey Club*

Williams Companies

Anonymous

$1,000 - 4,999

BACHD*

Culinary Crafts*

Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation

Galeano's Ristorante Italiano*

Hugo Boss Fashions, Inc

Kyla Grow Hair*

Lola Blankets

Lunatic Fringe*

Mountain America Credit Union

Salt Lake City Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Sparkle Photography*

Spencer Fane Snow Christensen & Martineau Foundation

Utah Facial Plastics*

Zions Bank

The above lists includes corporate, foundation, and government support received as of March 2, 2026

* Indicates contribution made in-kind

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Individual Donors

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

We thank our Founder’s Circle donors, each of whom has given significantly to the company throughout its history, either through collective annual giving or extraordinary, one-time gifts.

B.W. Bastian Foundation

Peggy Bergmann

Val A. Browning Foundation

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

Jennifer S. and Scott Huntsman

The Kahlert Foundation

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation

Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation

The Meldrum Foundation

John and Andrea Miller

John and Marcia Price Family Foundation

S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

Shari and David Quinney

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)

Theodore G. Schmidt, Jr.

Beano Solomon

Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Utah State Board of EducationProfessional Outreach Programs in the School

HERITAGE CLUB

We are grateful to our generous donors for their annual gifts and multi-year contributions.

MR. C.

$100,000 AND ABOVE

The Bené Arnold Estate

Peggy Bergmann*

The DiFiore Family

The Ellis Family

Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert

Stephanie and Tim Harpst

Jennifer S. and Scott Huntsman

Barbara Levy Kipper and the Kipper Family Foundation

Frederick Q. Lawson

John and Andrea Miller

John and Marcia Price and the Price Family

Shari and David Quinney

Theodore G. Schmidt, Jr.*

Jonathan and Liz Slager

Beano Solomon

Anonymous

$50,000 - $99,999

Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas

Kimberly and Jay Heglar

Brad and Linda Walton Anonymous (2)

MRS. WALLACE

$25,000 - $49,999

Drew W. Browning in memory of Judy Watts Brady

The Estate of Dorothy B. Cromer

W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation

Athelia Woolley LeSueur and Carl LeSueur

Courtney Miller Hawks and Jason Hawks

David Parkinson

Eileen Ragsdale

Kelley and Kevin Rogge

Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder

The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation

Kristin and Tom Stockham

Ms. Taylor Swift, The Charitable Fund of the Comm Fdn of Midd Tenn

Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Anonymous (2)

PRINCIPAL

$15,000 - 24,999

Jordan Atkin and Samantha Stechschulte

Frank and Leslie Corbett

J. Chase Dreyfous, Jr.

Marc and Cammy Fuller

George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose

Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson

Katherine Daines Lindsay

Caryl Marsh

Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp

The Fromer-McCree Family Trust

Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker

Jeanne Potucek

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Anthony R. Wallin

Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince

Shauna Bamberger Priskos

Marcia JS Richards

Sandefur Schmidt

Shari Seiner

Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom

Katherine Tozer

Roy and Lisa Vincent

Julia S. Watkins

Anonymous (2)

FIRST SOLOIST

$10,000 - 14,999

Clisto and Suzanne Beaty

H. Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley

Michael Black and Kimberly Strand

Matthew and George Cardon-Bystry

Kimberly and Phil Cox

James Dreyfous

The John D. & Vera E. Eccles Family Foundation

Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation

Elizabeth Huntsman and Eduardo Hernandez

Remus, Maren, and Brent Jensen

Molly Jones

Mark and Melanie Robbins

Teresa Silcox

Eddie Stone

Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate

Dylin Webster and KT Herr

Casey Weyand

Mikaela and Zac Wilson

Holly Yocom

Anonymous (2)

SOLOIST

$5,000 - 9,999

Amanda and Winston Bokor

The Brown Family Foundation

Carol T. Christ

Laurie Conklin

Linda S. Daines

Matt and Nancy Dorny

Uzochi Ndukwe Erlingsson and Erik Erlingsson

Joan Firmage

Weston Firmage

Stacy Goebel

David and SandyLee Griswold

Drs Marc and Mary Carole Harrison

Florian Hernandez and Brian Parcell

Kathie and Charles Horman

Jeanne M. Kimball

Shari and Bruce Lindsay

David Luker

James MacInnes

Brooke Mangum

Alison and Paul Mayfield

Scott and JoAnn Narus

Eva and David Neeleman

Anne Neeley

Sara Pendleton

Richard and Lois Peterson

Jeannie Pollack

Ashley Quai and Stephen Farrell

Shelly Ruff

Michael Scolamiero

Shiebler Family Foundation

Jacey Skinner

Ashley and Ryan Smith

Kenneth Spitzer and Diana Stafforini

Ruth Stone

Nadine Tang

Susan Warshaw

Anne Wilson and Peter Lawson

Jo-Ann Wong

Jeffrey Wright and Vanessa DiPalma

Anonymous

DEMI-SOLOIST

$3,000 - 4,999

Scott and Kathleen Amann

Chimgee Anderson

Clayton and Julia Anderson

Erica and Shade Anderson

Tika Beard and Cathy Harlin

Matthew Bero

Brett Campbell

Helen and Jeff Cardon

Donna Conway

Deirdre Conway and Andrew Spencer

Michael Davies

Eleanor Divver

Natalie DuPaix

Susan and Joel Eaton

Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation

John Eckert

Branden and Celene Fini

Barbara W. Frazier

John and Ilauna Gurr

Kenneth and Kate Handley

Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper

Steve and Florie Jackson

Helen Kennedy

Carly Larson

MLS Foundation and Robin Larson

Helle Le Rette

Heidi and Edward Makowski

Thomas and Mary McCarthey

Anne M. and William C. Nelsen

Trevor Nielson

Elizabeth and Vincent Novack

Tomi Jean Ossana and Chris Proctor

Charles and Karen Primich

Chris and Ellen Rossi

Margaret P. Sargent

Laura Scott and Rodney Mena

Drs. Lara and Brett Silverman

Sue and Jack Stahl

Cyndie Taylor

Donald and Barbara Walker

Bruce and Leigh Washburn

Jay and Alicia Wilson

Bethany Wojtech and Marc Korman

Michael and Judith Wolfe

CORPS DE BALLET

$2,000 - $2,499

Peter and Alexandra Agrapides

Stephen Anderson

Antinea Ascione

Carol Baer

Frances and Jerome Battle

Vicki and Bill Bennion

Melissa Blair and Leena Rinne

Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake

Ginny Bostrom

Joan and Bryan Bowles

Keith Frederick and Patricia Buckley

Cecile and Harold Christiansen

Janice and Richard Coleman

Elinor and Martin Colman

Wilma Corkery and John R. Corkery III M.D.

Matthew Crane

Debbie Davis

Klancy de Nevers

Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett

Carol Diener

Dr. Frances Dolloph

Richard and Pamela Dropek

Dr. Angela Dunn

Eric and Shellie Eide

Lanora Elzinga and Kenny W. Rogers

Amanda Essex

Whitney Fautin with Summit Sotheby's

Tracy Frankel

Karen L. Freed

Sheila G. Gelman

Bob and Mary Gilchrist

Julie and Devon Glenn

Andrew and Barbara Goldberg

Natalie and Ted Grandy

Elizabeth and Jack Hammond

Jon and Tami Hansen

Scott Hansen

Andrea Hansen-Davidson and Matthew Davidson

Jennifer Hathorne

Jason and Amy Hawkins

Michael and Kathryn Hayes

Mark and Wendi Holland

Laura Holleman

Julie Hopkins

Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape LLC

Robert and Dixie Huefner

Jeanne Jackson

Steve Jackson

David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs

Dr. John Macfarlane

Marilyn and Chester Johnson

G. Frank and Pamela Joklik

John S. Karls

Kathleen and Jack Karmel

Robert and Karla Knox

The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family

Jill and Peter Koziol

Brandon and Wendy Labrum

Katherine Probert Labrum

Julie Lewis

Franki Loftus

Sarah Lowe

Irina McGill

Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill

John and Bria Mertens

Judith and Marshall Meyer

Dan P. Miller

Louis and Carolyn Mizell

Chris and Henry Morrison

Rachel Otto

Linda S. Pembroke

Katie Marie Pollard

Rich and Nancy Potashner

Ken and Stacy Potter

Suzanne and David Razor

Stephanie Reid

Barbara Snarr Reid

Joy Rocklin

Irwin and Harriet Ross

Mark and Linda Scholl

Brylan Schultz

Robert and Nancy Schumacker

Katherine Scott

Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry

Jeffrey and Andrea Silver

Marilyn M. Smolka

Lou Ann Stevens

Urbieta Family Foundation

Beverly and Daniel Vargo

Kevin Voyles

Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson

Individual Donors

Mark Weisbender

Sarah and Rich West

Michelle Wheeler

Terry R. Whipple

Doug Wood and Christy Pasinsky

Anonymous

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 2, 2026

MEMBERSHIP

We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above.

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

$500-1,499

Christine B. Anderson

Alta's Rustler Lodge

Ronald and Kathy Aoki

Robert and Joan Astle

Constanza Astorga

Michael and Jacqueline Bailey

Marcy Barlow

Dr. Bernard Simbari and William Barnett

Thomas and Mary Ann Bauman

Peter and Rosemary Beck

Beehive Distillery

Barbara Belnap

Katherine Bergmann

Sharon and Michael Bertelsen

Pamela and Quarry Bingham

Kenneth and Melinda Birrell

Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake

Marie Bohata

Elizabeth Bowman

Michelle Branson

Lisbeth Banner Brown

Nick Brown

Richard and Judith Cannon

Julie Chahine

Susan Chilton

Sandra Covey

Stephanie Cramer

Mary Gootjes and John Davis

Erika Dean

Ashby and Anne Cullimore Decker

Carrie Dennis

Nicole Edwards

Sissy Eichwald

Eric and Shellie Eide

Janet Ellsworth

Lisa Fassnacht

Tammy Frisby

Amy Fulton

Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner

Stephanie Giacobbi

Andrea Golding

Carolyn Guss

Mikisha Haeri

Scott and Loree Hagen

Vicki and Ronald Hauben

Sandra and David Haughey

William K. & Janeal P. Hodges

Melanie Holbrook

Individual Donors

Kevin C. Holmes and Valerie Youmans

Elise Hutchings

David and Linda Irvine

Amber Jensen

Remus Jensen

Nina Jonas

Adam and Jessie Justis

Kevin and Julie Kehoe

Jessica and Reese Kidman

Sally and Ron Larkin

Katrina Last

Toni L. Lehtinen

Yolanda Marroquin-Lewis

Rachel Linkletter

David and Donna Lyon

Courtney Maclean

Dr. Ned L. and Mrs. Alene Mangelson

Howard Mann

Jose Mathews

Raven Mathis

Mairin McCarthey

Irina McGill

Will Mciff and Aaron Spades

Kenneth Melby

David and Colleen Merrill

Stephen and Sandy Morgan

Michael Musci

Karen Nichols

Kirsten Novak

JoAnn G. Robertson

Phyllis O'Hair

Maura and Serge Olszanskyj

Mrs. Elodie Payne

Ronald and Camille Parker

Sonja Penttila

Karissa Peterson

Leslie Peterson and Kevin Higgins

Lana and Boris Petkovic

Sarah Primos

Meleah Pustelak

Corey Rammell

Carolyn Rich-Denson

Genevieve Maire Rosol

Kathleen Hancock Rowley

Sallie Shatz

Shauna Sheehan

Academy Scholarship Fund Donors

Kenneth Shelley

David Gray Porter

Shayneh and Jason Starks

Chelsea Strong

Joan Swain

Cynthia Swensen

The Vicky Telford Family

Amanda Toor

Jim and Zibby Tozer

Sarah Tucker

Alexandra and Christopher Von Maack

Stephen Webster

Craig Willett

Lois Williams

Richard and Marsha Workman

John and Jean Yablonski

Karen and Mike Zimmerman

Joel and Elaine Zuckerman Fund of Park

City Community Foundation

Anonymous (3)

The above lists includes gifts received as of Mach 2, 2026

We thank those who have contributed to the Ballet West Academy Scholarship Fund, spanning all four Academy campuses, with generous donations of $1,000 and above.

Ballet West Guild

Katherine Bergmann

Pamela And Quarry Bingham

Amanda and Winston Bokor

Lisbeth Banner Brown

Julie Chahine

Kimberly Cox

artÉmotion

Carrie Dennis

Kent and Martha DiFiore

James Dreyfous

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Branden and Celine Fini

Joan Firmage

Marc and Cammy Fuller

Samantha and John Gellert

Stacy Goebel

Courtney Miller Hawks and Jason Hawks

Kimberly and Jay Heglar

Brian Parcell and Florian Hernandez

Elizabeth Huntsman and Eduardo Hernandez

Jennifer S. and Scott Huntsman

Steve and Florie Jackson

Brent and Maren Jensen Household

Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson

Eva and David Neeleman

Molly Jones

Kevin and Julie Kehoe

Melissa Knighton

Jill and Peter Koziol

Katherine Probert Labrum

Very Reverend Frederick Quinney Lawson

Helle Le Rette

Athelia and Carl LeSueur

Julie Lewis

Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince

John Macfarlane

Irina McGill

Edward and Heidi Makowski

Brooke Mangum

Jose Mathews

Mairin McCarthey

Rachele McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp

Irina Mcgill

Kenneth Melby

John and Bria Mertens

Dan P. Miller

John and Andrea Miller

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

Matt and Maren Mullin

Michael Musci

Uzochi Ndukwe

Anne Neeley

Park City Community Foundation

Youth United of Park City Community Foundation

Karissa Peterson

Mrs. Sarah Primos

Ashley Quai

Shari and David Quinney

Kelley and Kevin Rogge

Ellen and Chris Rossi

Elizabeth and Jonathan Slager

Shayneh and Jason Starks

Amanda Toor

Katherine Tozer

Sarah Tucker

Urbieta Family Foundation

Alexandra and Christopher Von Maack

Brad and Linda Walton

Dylin Webster

Stephen Webster

Casey Weyland

Bethany Wojtech and Marc Korman

Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh

Jeffrey Wright and Vanessa DiPalma

John and Jean Yablonski

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 2, 2026

Bené Arnold*

Gladys Banks*

Berenice J. Bradshaw*

Judy Brady* and Drew W. Browning

Val A. Browning*

Kenneth P. Burbidge, Jr.*

Dr. Robert H.* and Marianne Harding Burgoyne

Orlando Coryell*

Debbie Davis

The Donna L. Dell Trust*

Kent and Martha DiFiore

The Zorka D. Divich Trust*

Neomi Dyal

Richard and Pamela Dropek

Dolores Doré Eccles*

Virginia Fackrell Estate*

Sid W. Foulger*

Encore Society

We honor those individuals who have made a meaningful commitment to the future of Ballet West by including the company in their estate planning.

Willis McCree and John Fromer*

Dee Gauss

Dr. Esther S. Gross* and Dr. George D. Gross*

Merriberth Habegger-Anderson*

Stephanie and Tim Harpst

Johann Jacobs and David Heuvel

Gordon Irving*

Geoffrey C. Hughes*

Grace Jackson*

Flemming and Lana Jensen

Sara Kaplan

Dennis L. Kay Trust*

Barry L. Keller*

Cynthia Lampropoulos Family Trust

Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson

Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel

Marian Ream*

Joy Rocklin

Pamela A. Scarpelli*

Michael Scolamiero

Margot Shott*

Teresa Silcox

Steven P. Sondrup*

Norman C. Tanner* and Barbara L. Tanner*

David Tundermann*

Oma W. Wagstaff*

Mrs. Glen Walker Wallace*

Gladys Walz*

Susan Warshaw

Afton B. Whitbeck*

Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh

Marelynn Weiss Zipser* and Edward Zipser

*Indicates donor is deceased

Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor Of

We thank those donors who have made a gift to Ballet West in memory or in honor of the individuals listed below.

IN MEMORY OF

Robert Arbogast

Ballet West Guild

Bessa

Colleen Hansen

Earle R. Bevins III

Linda Bevins

Skip Daynes

Ballet West Guild

Donna Jean Fulmer

Tricia Fullmer

Henry Kendell

Allison and Scott Kendell

Jon Le Rette

Helle Le Rette

Nina Jonas and Andreas Heaphy

Ballet West Guild

Gloria Mathwig-Hubbard

Marian Rice

Patricia Mencimer

Stephanie Mencimer

Rachel White

Lynette Myler

Marie Myler

Ila Neely

Ballet West Guild

Sara Nelson

Brad and Teresa Nolen

Gracie Bell Nielsen

Brandy and Douglas Maack

Ted Schmidt

Michael Scolamiero

Hilary Butler

Rolayne Fairclough

M. Scott and Lisa Mietchen

Kathryn Lindquist and

James Moore

Catherine F. Gillmor

William J. "Bill" Sebena

Brian Lameres

Reagan Tolboe

Diane P. Stewart

Lois Williams

The Ballet Babes

Maggie Wright Tesch

Ballet West Guild

IN HONOR OF

Sandy Gillings

Amy Lloyd

Andrew Goldberg

Ballet West Guild

Jennifer and Scott Huntsman

Richard and Nancy Potashner

Kaja and Maiken

Connie Mendez

Roy Miller

Christina Miller and Trevor Adrian

Vickie Oliver

Erika Sorensen

Poppy, Ivy, and Archie

Laurin Caldwell

Mark and Heidi Robinson

Richard and Nancy Potashner

Michael Scolamiero

Frances and Jerome Battle

Clisto and Suzanne Beaty

Drew Browning

Donna Conway

Stephanie Cramer

Kent and Martha DiFiore

Margaret M. Drake

Angelo Peter Giardino

Christine Heflin

Jennifer and Scott Huntsman

Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe

Juergen Sass

Joanne Shiebler

Liz M. Slager

Naoma Tate

Senior Steps Progam, Elease Stice and Wendee McCulloch

Art and Janet Mueller

Sadie and Grace Shipp

Nathan Shipp

Adam Sklute

Joy Rocklin

Irwin and Harriet Ross

Zella

Blake Miller

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 2, 2026

Ballet West Staff

Adam Sklute

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR

Ballet West Staff

PRODUCTION

Michael Andrew Currey director of production

Christine Imrick

production stage manager

Liz Reams

stage manager and production operations coordinator

Robert Clifford technical director/ head carpenter

Ethan Daughton assistant carpenter

Jeff F. Herbig properties master

James K. Larsen

lighting supervisor/ head electrician

Juliana Hedges assistant electrician

Lizzie Fisher

wardrobe supervisor

Daniel Streed assistant wardrobe supervisor

Yancey J. Quick wig master

I.A.T.S.E. Local 99 run of show crew

TICKETING AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

Natalie Thorpe director of patron services

Brooke Christensen assistant manager of patron services

Jane Harris patron services and group sales lead advisor

Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) company.

House Rules

To ensure the enjoyment of the majority of our patrons who arrive on time, and in deference to the artists, latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium until there is an appropriate pause in the performance. During some productions, this pause may not occur until the end of the first act.

• All casting is subject to change.

• For your own safety and the safety of other patrons, please do not exit the theatre before the house lights are up.

• Any use of cameras and recording equipment in the theatre, which is not authorized by the management, is strictly prohibited.

• No babes in arms.

• No smoking is permitted in the auditorium.

• Outside food and beverages are not allowed in the auditorium; as a courtesy to all patrons in attendance, food consumption is discouraged in the theatre during the performance.

• Lost articles may be claimed at security.

Reglas de Casa

• Anyone expecting emergency calls is urged to leave their seat locations and cell phones with the house manager.

• Please silence all electronic timepieces and cell phones for the period of the performance.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION INFORMATION

In the event of an emergency, please REMAIN SEATED and listen to information given by management and ushers.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre offers assistive listening devices free of charge that may be checked out at the coat check counter located in the lobby.

Para garantizar el disfrute de la mayoría de nuestros asistentes que llegan a tiempo, y en deferencia a los artistas, no se permitirá el ingreso al auditorio a quienes lleguen tarde hasta que haya una pausa adecuada en la función. Durante algunas producciones, esta pausa puede no ocurrir hasta el final del primer acto.

• Todos los actores están sujetos a cambios.

• Por su propia seguridad y la seguridad de los demás asistentes no abandone el teatro antes de que se enciendan las luces de la sala.

• Está estrictamente prohibido el uso de cámaras y equipos de grabación

• en el teatro que no estén autorizados por la

• administración.

• No se permiten bebés en brazos.

• No se permite fumar en el auditorio.

• No se permite la entrada de alimentos ni bebidas del exterior al auditorio; como cortesía a todos los asistentes presentes, ni se permite el consumo de alimentos

• en el teatro durante la función.

• Los objetos perdidos se pueden reclamar en seguridad.

• Se insta a cualquier persona que espere

llamadas de emergencia a que deje sus asientos y sus teléfonos móviles con el director de la sala.

• Por favor silencie todos los relojes electrónicos y teléfonos móviles durante el período de la función.

INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EVACUACIÓN DE EMERGENCIA

En caso de emergencia, PERMANEZCA SENTADO y escuche la información que le proporcionen la dirección y los acomodadores.

DISPOSITIVOS DE AYUDA AUDITIVA

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre ofrece dispositivos de ayuda auditiva gratuitos que se pueden retirar en el guardarropa ubicado en el vestíbulo.

The Payne Group of Wells Fargo Advisors